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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/46/mode/2up  ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''], pages 46-52 by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org, describe a  cholera epidemic in the [[43rd Regiment of Foot]] in 1857 when 48 men, 6 women and  26 children died in a few days. [http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/36/mode/2up/search/apothecary Page 36] describes successful, but non conventional,  treatment for dysentery, c 1854-1855, the author was then in the [[96th Regiment of Foot]].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/46/mode/2up  ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''], pages 46-52 by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org, describe a  cholera epidemic in the [[43rd Regiment of Foot]] in 1857 when 48 men, 6 women and  26 children died in a few days. [http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/36/mode/2up/search/apothecary Page 36] describes successful, but non conventional,  treatment for dysentery, c 1854-1855, the author was then in the [[96th Regiment of Foot]].
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP3  ''On the preservation of the health of seamen, especially of those frequenting Calcutta and the other Indian ports''] by Norman Chevers MD, Surgeon, Bengal Army 1864 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP3  ''On the preservation of the health of seamen, especially of those frequenting Calcutta and the other Indian ports''] by Norman Chevers MD, Surgeon, Bengal Army 1864 Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/annualreportonw00oudhgoog#page/n5/mode/2up  ''Fourth Annual report on the working of the lock-hospitals in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh for the year 1877''] 1878 Archive.org
*''The Queen's Daughters in India'' by Elizabeth W. Andrew and Katharine C. Bushnell 1899. Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:6-uExL5PKGwJ:godswordtowomen.org/queensdaughters.pdf+The+Queen's+Daughters+in+India%5D+by+Elizabeth+W.+Andrew+and+Katharine+C.+Bushnell&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShPbE6SN6YMqINh2UpPN22obBlMpC-F25pXQNP6hXdKXbrlt9sNHKd35YNlsNWtk2Qp3dPOiuahzk5_M6ExwD0T__EDRYdAmhqsJZqT6Iuholr8GJsTdfQFdCBIy5hWNpxhnvHL&sig=AHIEtbR6kxCKSY6bANlzwxJh21qZofQJ_w html version], [http://godswordtowomen.org/queensdaughters.pdf original pdf] godswordtowomen.org
*''The Queen's Daughters in India'' by Elizabeth W. Andrew and Katharine C. Bushnell 1899. Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:6-uExL5PKGwJ:godswordtowomen.org/queensdaughters.pdf+The+Queen's+Daughters+in+India%5D+by+Elizabeth+W.+Andrew+and+Katharine+C.+Bushnell&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShPbE6SN6YMqINh2UpPN22obBlMpC-F25pXQNP6hXdKXbrlt9sNHKd35YNlsNWtk2Qp3dPOiuahzk5_M6ExwD0T__EDRYdAmhqsJZqT6Iuholr8GJsTdfQFdCBIy5hWNpxhnvHL&sig=AHIEtbR6kxCKSY6bANlzwxJh21qZofQJ_w html version], [http://godswordtowomen.org/queensdaughters.pdf original pdf] godswordtowomen.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/asiaticorbengalc00pete#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Asiatic or Bengal Cholera of 1867 to 1873''] by John C. Peters. 1874. Reprinted from Volume 1, Public Health Papers of American Public Health Association. Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/asiaticorbengalc00pete#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Asiatic or Bengal Cholera of 1867 to 1873''] by John C. Peters. 1874. Reprinted from Volume 1, Public Health Papers of American Public Health Association. Archive.org

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Occupations

Occupations in the field of public health include:

See also, Indian Subordinate Medical Department

Records at the British Library

  • Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920: A Guide to Sources in the India Office Records by Richard Axelby and Savithri Preetha Nair 2009. The guide is arranged in eleven chapters including one in respect of health and disease including medical education. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop

See also

External links

  • Medical History of British India, many Disease and Public Health reports, including military reports, from 19th and 20th century British India, from the National Library of Scotland, available online.
The Online Project is described in this 2009 link html version, original pdf[1]

Historical books online

References

  1. Usher, Jan (2009). "The Medical History of British India Online Project" from Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Brisbane, Australia, August 31-September 4, 2009.